An African American Friend of mine once told me when I was little that God made us all in a oven. I then asked her "Does that mean you were burnt in the oven? Or was I not cooked long enough?" She thought it was hilarious and never answered me so I went on believing that for a long time.
A childhood belief about skin
others believed things like this
- I used to wonder why the oven didn't set food on fire!— danielle
- I used to think that you could get a tan if you turned the oven on, opened the door and stood in front of it.Anon
- I thought that all black people were African-AmericanAnon
- I used to believe you could pour lemonade in a pan, put it in the oven and make lemonade cake.— wumpmugg
- I used to believe that people who were african american were dark because they drank to much hot cocoa.Anon
- I used to believe that african american people were black because they ate too much CoCo Puffs— Jessica